Shoes. In a tree.

“…Tell me, has anything odd happened to you recently?
What do you mean, odd?'
Unusual. Deviating from the customary. Something outside the usual parameters of normalcy. An occurrence of unprecedented weird.”

― Jasper Fforde

The story goes....in 1627, Sheriff Babington of Heaton threw his shoes into this tree in Armstrong Park, to celebrate the birth of his grandson. Throwing shoes into this tree to celebrate has continued, particularly with students passing exams.